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Antebellum Atlanta: State Square and the first Union Station. The history of Atlanta dates back to 1836, when Georgia decided to build a railroad to the U.S. Midwest and a location was chosen to be the line's terminus. The stake marking the founding of "Terminus" was driven into the ground in 1837 (called the Zero Mile Post). In 1839, homes and ...
Nicknames of Atlanta. "Chicago of the South". "Convention City of Dixie Land". An 1859 industrial journal was among the first to note nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia: [1] An orator claimed for it the signification of "a city among the hills " while a writer has declared that it was the opposite of "rus in urbe" ("country in the city") and ...
From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.
Dec 7: Gen. W. P. Howard sends his report to Governor Brown on the destruction of Atlanta. [9]: 182–185 [10]: 407–412 1865 Civil War ends; slaves freed. Atlanta University, first Atlanta black college, founded. 1867 - Young Men's Library Association founded. [11] 1868 Atlanta becomes Georgia state capital. [1]
Atlanta (/ æ t ˈ l æ n (t) ə / ⓘ at-LAN-(t)ə) [14] is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.It is the seat of Fulton County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring DeKalb County.
The Sweet Auburn Historic District is a historic African-American neighborhood along and surrounding Auburn Avenue, east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States.The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs, referring to the "richest Negro street in the world," one of the largest concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States.
Contents. Atlanta annexations and wards. From its incorporation in 1847, the municipal boundaries of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were extended repeatedly from a small area around its railroad station to today's city covering 131.7 square miles (341 km 2). Prior to 1954, Atlanta was divided into political divisions called wards.
View in Atlanta, Georgia, 1864. The city of Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County, was an important rail and commercial center during the American Civil War. Although relatively small in population, the city became a critical point of contention during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864 when a powerful Union Army approached from Union-held Tennessee.